Hat-fastener.



JOSEPH STAUBER, OF BROOKVILLE, KANSAS.

HAT-FASTENER.

Specification o Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Application filed November 25, 1907. Serial No. 403,661.

of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and usci ful Im rovements inllatFasteners7 of which the fo owing is a specification.

This inventionrelates to hat fasteners and ny object is to produce adevice of this isrcharacter whereby a womans hat can be secured reliablyin position irrespective of the style in which her hair may be dressed.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which can beeasily and quickly secured to or removed from a hat.

A still further object is to roduce a hat fastener of the characteroutlined, possessing the desirable features of simplicity, strength,durability and cheapness of construction.

lith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel andpeculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafterdescribed and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood,refer- 'ence is to be had to the accompanying` drawing, in which Figure1 is a side view of a hat fastener embodying my invention and showing itarranged in proper relation to a hat. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thefastener'. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the fastener.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a slightlymodifled form of the fastener.Fig. 5 is a front view of a portion of the fastener shown by Fig. 4.

ln the said drawings 1 indicates a frame or support, preferably a bowedspring provided centrally and at its ends with outwardlyprojectingcprongs 2.

3 in i shaped spring, having its front arm riveted as at 4 to the bowedspring midway the length of the same, and the lower end of said arm isformed with a pair of eyes or loops 5 to receive pivotally thetransverse or axial ortion 6 of a spring fork, the tines '7 of the forkbeing of inverted bow-shape. Between eyes or loops 5 the pivoted fork isprovided with a short arm 8 engaging the rear or free arm of spring 3and adapted to be normally held by the latter in the position shown bydotted lines Fig. 1, it being noticed that the rear arm of the s ringterminates at its lower end in a forward y bent li o 9 to guard againstany accidental downward rocking movement prongs 7 liust above herforehead. pushes the hat straight back 1n order that cates asubstantially inverted \ll` of the fork beyond the position shown infull lines, Figs. 1 and 3.

To secure this hat fastener in position it is placed within a hat 10indicated by dotted line Fig. 1, and the prongs 2 are forced through thebody of the hat close to its lower edge, the middle prong 2 being forcedthrough the front of the hat about in line with its longitudinal center.After the bowed spring is thus secured within the hat, the operatorgrasps the fork and swings it down to the position shown in full lines,Fig. 1. rlShe owner of the hat then grasps it at its opposite sides andcanting it upwardly and rearwardly holds it with the depressed She thenthe said prongs may slide along the top of the head into her hair.fifter the hat reaches the proper position she simply presses or pullsit down at the rear and thus overcomes the leverage of the rear arm ofspring 3, the result being the automatic relative change of positionsshown by Fig. 1 takes place, that is to say the tines of the fork areincased by the body of the hat and curve upwardly and rearwardlytherein. W ith the parts in the relation described it is impossible forthe hat to become accidentally removed, because it must be firstrelevated at its rear end and then slid forwardly to withdraw the forkfrom engagement with the hair. lt will be noticed that when the hat issecured in position the arm 8 of the fork is occupying a substantiallyvertical position and is pressed by the rear arm of the spring flatlyagainst the front arm of said spring and that when the hat is raised atits rear end the hair prevents corresponding movement of the fork and asa result the rear arm of the spring is forced rearwardly by said arm 8until the parts are again in the position shown by full lines, Fig. 1.

ln Figs. 4 and 5 l show a bowed frame made of spring-wire as at 11 andprovided at its extremities with outwardly projecting prongs 12. Theinverted il-shaped spring numbered 13 in this instance, is also ofmodified form, that is, it is provided with forwardly turned loops 14 toreceive the wire spring 11, and with a forwardly projecting prong 15.lts front arm is also stamped forwardly to provide the forwardly bowedclip 16 to receive the upwardly projecting crank 17 of spring 11 for thepurpose of guarding against turning movement of said spring 1 1 or glispring 13. The rear arm of spring 13 is also provided at its lower endwith outwardly projecting trunnions 18 to engage the eyes or loops 19formed in the spring-fork 20, said fork having a forwardly projectingarm 21 to either stand upright between the arms of the spring orsubstantially horizontal between said arms, as shown. In the formerposition the fork is depressed, that is, occupies such position thattheoperator can place the hat on or remove it from her head. When arm 21occupies the position shown in Fig. 4, the fork is elevated, that is,projects upwardly and rearwardly in the body portion of the hat, and insuch position, secures l the same firmly and reliably in place.

F rom the above description it will be apparent that I have produced ahat fastener which can be easily secured to or removed from a hat, andby which the hat may easily, quickly and reliably be fastened in place,and l wish it to be understood that I reserve vthe right to make suchchanges in the form, proportion, detailed .construction and arrangementof the parts as properly fall within the scope and spirit of theappended. claims.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hat fastener, comprising a bowed frame, an inverted-V shaped springhaving its front arm secured to the bowed frame, and a fork pivotallycarried by said spring to operate in a plane intersecting that of theframe and provided with an arm interposed between the arms of the springand adapted to beheld thereby in either a substantially vertical or asubstantially horizontal position.

2. A hat fastener, comprising a bowed frame, equipped withv means forsecuring the same in a substantially horizontal position in the bodyportion of a hat, an inverted-V shaped'spring having its front armsecured to the bowed frame, and a fork pivotally carried by said springto operate in a plane intersecting that of the frame and pro- 1' videdwith an arm interposed between the arms of the spring and adapted to beheld 1 by said spring to operate in a plane intersecting that of theframe and provided with an arm interposed between the arms of the springand adapted to be held thereby in either a substantially vertical or asubstantially horizontal position.

4. A hat fastener, comprising a bowed frame, a substantially inverted-Vshaped ,E spring having its front arm secured to saidh frame or supportabout midway the length of the same, and a fork bearing a pivotalrelation to the frame or support at the lower end of said spring andprojecting rearwardly with respect thereto, and provided with an armdisposed at an angle to the body of the fork and adapted to occupyeither a substantially vertical or a substantially horizontal positionbetween the arms of the spring to hold the fork yieldingly elevated ordepressed respectively.

5. A hat fastener, comprising a bowed frame adapted to fit within thebody portionY of a hat and to be fastened to the front porl tion of thesame, an inverted-V shaped spring having its front arm secured rigidlyto the frame or support about midway the length of the same, and thelower end of itsA rear arm terminating in a forwardly bent lip, and afork pivoted to the lower end of the front arm and projecting rearwardlytherefrom and provided with an arm fitting between the arms of the`spring and adapted to be limited in its downward movement by the lip ofthe rear arm ofthe spring.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH s'rAUBER.V

itnesses:

H. C. Ronenns, G. Y. THORPE.

